Twitter has announced it now has the ability to censor content in specific countries, leading critics to fear it may cause increased collusion with governments looking to stop opposition groups — like those behind Russia's recent...

United Russia is developing a system of rating party members' effectiveness that will factor in the use of Twitter. United Russia is developing a system of rating party members' effectiveness that will factor in the use of Twitter. "Start a Twitter account — get a plus. If not — sorry, nothing personal, zero," deputy head of United Russia's...

U.S. Ambassador Michael McFaul took to Twitter and Facebook on Wednesday in an attempt to refute charges that he's promoting regime change in Russia. U.S. Ambassador Michael McFaul took to Twitter and Facebook on Wednesday in an attempt to refute charges that he's...

Internet company Mail.ru has launched its answer to U.S. microblogging site Twitter, seeking to expand its business into instant social messaging and emulate the success of China's Weibo. LONDON — Internet company Mail.ru has launched its answer to U.S. microblogging site Twitter, seeking to expand...

... of service attack on the site. A United Russia party website was knocked offline Thursday after hackers from the group Anonymous claimed to have directed a denial of service attack on the site. "er-region.ru is down!" the LegionRussia Twitter account said. The hackers justified the attack on the site in another message on Twitter, saying the site's content was "nauseating" in its praise of party leader Vladimir Putin. A third message from the account estimated the cost of...

... Police said an autopsy would be conducted to determine the cause of her unexpected death, The Associated Press reported. "We cherish the memory," Arkady Dvorkovich, an economic aide to President Dmitry Medvedev, wrote about Houston on his Twitter feed Sunday. Houston was one of the world's best-selling artists from the mid-1980s to the late 1990s. Her fame with Russian audiences came in 1992, after she played the leading part in the international hit film "The Bodyguard." She...

Passengers on the Moscow metro will soon be able to check the news, plot twitter revolutions and download e-mails as they travel, if the latest plans from City Hall come to fruition. Passengers on the Moscow metro will soon be able to check the news, plot Twitter revolutions and download e-mails as they...

... Even before Channel One broadcast the debate — which was taped earlier — the candidates struck notes of disappointment publicly. "Of course, debates are a completely new form of 'dialogue' for me: a brouhaha," Prokhorov said on Twitter. "In short, we shouted to our heart's content. Say 'hello' to 'trial by fire.'" Zyuganov, who repeatedly called Prokhorov a "boor," wrote on Twitter: "Unfortunately, Prokhorov and I were not able to have a normal conversation...

... Andrei Makarevich, the frontman of Mashina Vremeni, and novelist Viktor Yerofeyev, RBK daily wrote. Meanwhile, Putin introduced his rival "people's staff" headed by film director Stanislav Govorukhin, who apparently writes regular posts on Twitter (@SGovoruhin) in an enjoyably grumpy old man tone, criticizing immoral television shows such as "Dom-2," Ekho Moskvy radio station and actresses with fake breasts. Govorukhin, a United Russia deputy, is best known for making the cult...

... Yavlinsky was refused registration for the election and his supporters claim it was partly because authorities wanted to bar Yabloko’s strong team of thousands of observers from polling stations. Yabloko Party leader, Sergei Mitrokhin, wrote on Twitter that the party would agree only if Putin implemented protesters’ demands by dismissing Central Elections Commission chairman Vladimir Churov. Putin mentioned Wednesday that he doesn’t use the Internet, particularly Twitter and other...

... "Dom-2" seemed in doubt this week after one of the creators, Valery Komissarov — a former United Russia deputy — said viewers needed a change, according to the Sobesednik.ru website. And this week she has been corresponding on Twitter with new U.S. Ambassador Michael McFaul about him going on her show. "State Department" that is, not "Dom-2." "Mr McFaul, we're planning to speak about the 'American plot' in our next show. I officially invite you to join...

In mid-December, while trying to understand what was happening in Russia, I checked Twitter and found a tweet that somehow signified everything. In mid-December, while trying to understand what was happening in Russia, I checked Twitter and found a tweet that somehow signified everything. It was from a young woman, and it...

... Wednesday. Yavlinsky warned that his exclusion would signal that the election had been rigged. "This isn't about me or about Yabloko but about the elections. A rejection means the elections are closed. But we will fight," Yavlinsky wrote on his Twitter microblog. Presidential hopefuls without political representation in the State Duma must run as independents and are given about six weeks to gather signatures from supporters. Yabloko mobilized more than 10,000 volunteers in 10 European countries...

... expelled by Canada for spying. "The messages from the Canadian press regarding the expulsion of Russian diplomats from Canada are surprising, since they left the country in 2011 upon concluding their stints," the Foreign Ministry said on its Twitter account Friday. Canada's CTV News reported late Thursday that four Russian Embassy staff members had been expelled over espionage accusations in connection with a military intelligence leak. The news came after a Canadian intelligence officer...

... platform across from the Kremlin on which tsars' decrees were once read. The group, called Pussy Riot, said they performed a song that began with the lyric, "A column that has risen up in rebellion is moving toward the Kremlin." The group said on Twitter that several of its singers were in police custody. They were later freed. (MT)

... expelled by Canada for spying. “The messages from Canadian press regarding the expulsion of Russian diplomats from Canada are surprising, since they left the country in 2011 upon concluding their stints,” the foreign ministry said on their Twitter account. Canadian outlet CTV News reported late on Thursday that four Russian embassy staff members had been expelled from Canada over accusations of espionage in connection with a military intelligence leak. The news came days after a Canadian...

... with the lyric "A column that has risen up in rebellion is moving toward the Kremlin". Another lyric in the song echoed a chant from last month's demonstrations protesting the State Duma elections: "We exist". The group wrote on its Twitter account Friday evening that half the group's singers were in police custody. 179742

...," Shchyogolev said, writing in business daily Vedomosti. The opinion that Russia seeks strict control over the Internet is inaccurate, the communications minister said. He added that the government is not considering the step of closing access to Twitter and Facebook in case of public demonstrations. Last month's demonstrations protesting the recent State Duma elections were organized in part with the use of Facebook. Last month popular social network Vkontakte received a request from the Federal...

..., B2 and Zveri. Dozhd TV said Monday that its report had prompted an internal Rosatom investigation, which established that the organizers spent “only” 12.5 million rubles on the festivities. Claiming credit for the investigation on his Twitter feed, Rogozin wrote that the allegations were “confirmed in part,” with Kaas apparently being hired to mark the 20th anniversary of the company’s founding rather than simply the New Year. Not even that justified such extravagant...

... one about a dissident pink elephant in Moscow who is refused permission to leave the country because of his knowledge of Soviet typewriter technology, the other about a homeless bear sacked from his job as a doormat on Wall Street. As someone noted on Twitter, the latter is a story that could easily air on Russia Today. Fox News is said to be looking for the elephant as we speak. The U.S.-Soviet puppets mock both sides of the Iron Curtain in the program, and the viewer realizes how influential Miss...